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Sedo Finds Buyers Lounging on Garden Furniture

time March 31st, 2009 by author David Goldstein

Sedo logoA slow week in the week ending March 21 for Sedo when it comes to large domain name sales. The biggest seller was a pair of .de domains, gartenmöbel.de and gartenmoebel.de (garden furniture in German) that sold for €100,000 (US$132,000) for the pair. … more

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100,000 .TEL Domains Registered With General Availability Launch

time March 29th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

Telnic logoIn what Telnic CEO Khashayar Mahdavi calls the biggest innovation since .com, the .tel generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) was launched to all comers last week. Within 36 hours of .tel being made available through General Availability, the 100,000th .tel domain name was registered. … more

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New gTLDs and Trademark Issues: Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT)

time March 26th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoAs directed by ICANN’s Board in a recent resolution, the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) has formed an Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT). Members of the IRT are listed here [PDF, 20K]. The IRT has been formed to provide possible solutions to trademark issues raised in the new Generic Top-Level Domain (New gTLDs) implementation planning. … more

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Registrar Secures Victory Against auDA

time March 26th, 2009 by author Lester Kum

Brisbane, Australia

26 March 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Domain Directors, an auDA and ICANN accredited registrar, had an impressive victory over auDA, the regulator for the “.au” domain space, in the Supreme Court of Queensland on Friday 20 March 2009.  auDA had given an undertaking to reinstate a domain name that it had unilaterally deleted, and the Court ruled that auDA had to pay a significant part of Domain Directors legal costs as a result of auDA’s actions.

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ICANN: Travel Support Public Comment Request

time March 25th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoA public comment period has opened today for 30 days on the topic of travel support.

Last year, ICANN created travel procedures to clarify which members of the ICANN community were to receive travel support for that fiscal year (2009). At the same time, it was announced that they would be reviewed after the first year of use. … more

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Body.com Big Seller for Sedo

time March 25th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

Sedo logoBody.com was easily the biggest seller for Sedo in the week to March 16, selling for US$400,000. Second biggest sale for the week was gonghui.com that sold for $63,000 while the third biggest sale was lol.de, the biggest ccTLD sale of the week, sold for €35,000 ($47,250). … more

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Domain Roundtable 2009 to Be Held in Washington DC

time March 24th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

[news release] Thought Convergence is proud to announce the fifth annual Domain Roundtable conference, set to take place June 14-17, 2009, at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington DC. This year’s theme, Reaching Beyond: Shaping our Future Together, looks to assemble key players and decision makers from the domain, financial, legal and Internet technology sectors. Interested parties should visit www.DomainRoundtable.com for the latest registration information. … more

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OECD Welcomes Formation of The Internet Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC)

time March 23rd, 2009 by author David Goldstein
  • Formation of ITAC Set To Safeguard Internet Development and Innovation Through Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance
  • OECD Recognition for Open Industry Dialogue as a Driver for Safe and Effective Internet Development.

[news release] The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has welcomed representatives from the pre-eminent Internet technical organisations as partners in its work on communications policy issues - a step seen as highlighting the vital need for multistakeholder inputs into Internet-related discussions and the continued evolution of enhanced cooperation among stakeholders. … more

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Scottish Parliament backs dotSCO campaign

time March 21st, 2009 by author David Goldstein

The Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee formally endorsed the dotSCO campaign last month, after receiving assurances from the Government that it was doing all it could to help ensure an application could be submitted to ICANN later this year, the dotSco campaign has announced. … more

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Flatrate.de Biggest Seller of the Week

time March 21st, 2009 by author David Goldstein

Domain Name Journal logoThe biggest ccTLD sale of the year, flatrate.de, was the biggest sale of last week, selling for €160,000 (US$200,000) reports Domain Name Journal. The next four top sellers for the week were all .com sales, although none broke six figures. Claim.com was second, selling for $80,000 and RodeoDrive.com third selling for $60,000. … more

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Consumer Pressure Drives ISOC Members IPv6 Deployment

time March 21st, 2009 by author David Goldstein

Internet Society - ISOC - logoIn a survey of members on the transition to IPv6, the Internet Society (ISOC) found the main driver for moving to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) was customer demand. In a study of the operational characteristics of IPv6 in its organisation members’ networks, ISOC found that while customer pressure motivated IPv6 deployment, specific business-case drivers did not yet exist. … more

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African ccTLDs Discuss Their Problems at African Summit

time March 20th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

The difficulty African nations have in managing their own ccTLDs was a focus for discussions at the Africa Telecommunications Union meeting held in Mauritius this week, attended by regulators and ccTLD managers according to Computerworld Kenya. African ccTLD managers were also accused of not investing in the infrastructure required to run ccTLDs. … more

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ICANN: SSAC Review: Public Comment Period to the Independent Reviewers’ Draft Report

time March 20th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoICANN appointed JAS Communications as the consultants for the independent review of SSAC, the Security and Stability Advisory Committee. The consultants released their draft final report [PDF, 677K], which was presented and discussed at the ICANN Mexico City meeting. Slides used during the presentation and transcript of the discussion are available here. … more

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New Sedo Transfer Overview Page

time March 19th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

Sedo logoSedo is happy to announce a new transfer overview page and communication tool for domain transfers. In an effort to make the domain transfer process more efficient and secure, Sedo Transfer Specialists will no longer be corresponding through email updates. Instead, transfer details will be accessible exclusively through Sedo’s Transfer Overview page. When you have a transfer taking place, you are now able to reach your  Transfer Specialist directly through one-on-one messaging, upload related documents, update and review technical transfer details and track your billing information. … more

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ICANN: Community Comment Forum Period Extended for New GNSO Stakeholder Group Petitions and Charters

time March 19th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

ICANN logoThe Public Comment Forum regarding new GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Charters (icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200904.html#sg-petitions) has been extended from 5 April 2009 to 15 April 2009. … more

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